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The Panzerjäger Tiger (P) ''Elefant'' (Sd.Kfz. 184) was a ''Panzerjäger'' (Tank destroyer|tank hunter) of the German ''Wehrmacht'' in World War II. They were originally built under the name ''Ferdinand'', after their designer, Ferdinand Porsche.
Development The design evolved from cruder, improvised designs of 1941-42, as well as the later, but still defective, ''Marder'' designs. The chassis was created from the 90 Porsche Tiger I models already built with new tracks and an all-steel wheel arrangement. Suspension consisted of six twin bogies with longitudinal torsion bars. The engines were placed in the middle of the hull to give room for the armament at the rear in a simple box structure on top of this chassis. The engines drove electric generators, which in turn powered electric motors connected to the rear sprockets. The driver and radio operator were in a separate compartment at the front. The vehicle was fitted with an 8.8 cm KwK 43|88 mm PaK 43/2 L/71 gun. The L/71 had originally been developed as a replacement for the famous 88 mm gun|88 mm anti-aircraft gun that had been used against Allied tanks in the Western Desert Campaign, although in the event it was never fielded as an anti-aircraft weapon. The L/71 had a much longer barrel than the L/56 Flak 18 and Flak 36 guns, which gave it a higher muzzle velocity. It also fired a different, longer cartridge. These impr... read all Elefant top albums
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